Office of Health Economics 3 July 2018
- This literature review examines whether there is evidence to support the assumption that the QoL of long-term cancer survivors (LTCS) can be similar to that of age-/sex-matched population samples.
- Twenty papers were included in the review, representing 23 studies covering a range of different cancers, with the majority collecting data from over 100 LTCS.
- Notwithstanding the very limited evidence base and potential limitations, of the studies reporting comparisons with population norms, the majority provided evidence that the QoL of LTCS is similar to that of the general population. However, it is unclear how generalisable the results are, due to the different study settings.
